Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation

Psalm 63

1. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; 2. To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 3. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. 4. Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: 6. When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. 7. Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 8. My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. 9. But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

10. They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

11. But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

God Bless America!

Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation

Our Father In Heaven Hallowed Be Your Name.We Lift Up Our Nation To You Today.We Ask that You lead Us and Guide Us,And Grant Your Precious Wisdom to Our Nation's Leaders.We Ask Particularly that You Inspire Our leaders,With regards to the Middle East.Give back the desire for integrity and honesty in our dealings with our allies. We ask that You open the eyes of Your people.Please, we Pray, Give Us All Insight to Your Will For Our Land.We pray for Our Nations Economy.We pray for those without jobs, that You will bring back Our Nation's Productivity and Initiative.We ask You to help find dignified and appropriate work for those who seek it.We pray for Our Free Enterprise System, that it will not be submerged in outmoded and discredited socialism.Father, We Pray for Our Beloved American Heroes and Their Families.We Pray for Strong and Godly Wisdom to Guide Us.Touch Every American's Heart,So That Each and Every One Will Say A Prayer For Our American Heroes,Lifting Them and Their families up in Prayer and Support,Let Nobody Forget Their Sacrifice For our Freedom! Keep Us Vigilant, In Jesus Name.Amen.

For Our Beloved Troops

Our Father, Who Art In Heaven, Blessed and Hallowed Be Your Most Holy Name! You Are My Refuge and my Strength, My very Present Help In Times Of trouble. Your Are The One Who trains My Hands For War, and Comforts My Heart in times of Stress. You Are My Rock and My Redeemer, My Strength and My Song, My Fortress and My High Tower, My Sword and My Shield. I Will Not Fear The Enemy, For If You Be With me, Who Can Stand Against me? For It Is Not By Might, Not By Power, and Not even by superior firepower and technology that we shall overcome, but By Your Holy Spirit, Precious LORD, My God! You Alone are My Strength and Song. Some trust in Chariots, Some in Horses, but I depend upon You, and You Alone. Keep Me in Your Tender Care, Dear Father, Keep Me In That Secret Place Under Your Wing. Cover me With Your Feathers, Make Me invisible to the enemy. Keep me silent when I need to be silent, Strong when I need to be strong, Yielding when I need to be Yielding. Give me the full Support and Prayers of my People and my Government, so I will not feel abandoned or alone. Give me Wisdom and Power in the face of evil, and Compassion and Kindness when it is called for Lead me not into temptation, and guard my heart and mind from depression, anxiety, loneliness, frustration, worry, false religion, and evil thoughts, that I may be a righteous warrior for You and My People. This I Pray in the Name Of Jesus.

King James is famous for the Bible translation that bears his name. But around the same time as the printing of the Bible, he also commissioned The Book of Common Prayer. Still used today, this guide to intercession and worship contains a marvelous prayer for internalizing the Bible: Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; grant that we may . . . hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of [Your] holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life.

Many centuries earlier, Jeremiah the prophet expressed a similar way of letting the Scriptures nourish our hearts: Your words were found, and I ate them; and Your Word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts (Jer. 15:16). We internalize the Word as we read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest a passage of Scripture through prayerful meditation.

Ask the Lord to help you apply the Bible to your heart today. Take time to ponder the meat and milk of the Word (Heb. 5:12). As you quiet your heart, God will teach you about Himself through His Book.

Lord, I meditate on Your precepts and contemplateYour ways. I delight myself in Your statutes;I will not forget Your Word. Open my eyes thatI may see wondrous things from Your law.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Bacon

In the coldest and darkest days of the American Revolution, General George Washington raised his prayers for the survival of his beleaguered Army and of the new Nation. The Lord answered those prayers, upheld his Army through a punishing nadir to everlasting glory and bestowed His manifold benefits upon the new Nation.

In like manner, let our prayers now rise like a fountain for our Heroes in the American Armed Forces who seek to secure the benefits of Freedom on behalf of a people hungry for them. Father, look on our prayers for them with favor, guide their steps in righteousness and envelop them in the shelter of Your Healing Wings. Bless and uphold them in the performance of their Mission. Through Jesus Christ, Your Son, with the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever, Amen.

Heavenly Father, Lord of the Nations, unto Your Divine Mercy we commend the souls of these valiant men and women who have fallen in the service of our Beloved Nation and in defense of the Freedoms we hold dear. We pray that You gather them in Your loving embrace, that You cause Your countenance to shine upon them, and that You vouchsafe their souls to dwell eternally in Your Divine Presence. Through Jesus Christ Your Son, with the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever, Amen.

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

Praying blessings, protection and divine intervention for our brave troops and their families. May the people of our nation return to You God, the maker of heaven and earth; the only One who we put all our trust in. Amen.

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posted on 05/05/2013 11:01:07 AM PDT
by Linda Frances
(Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness)

God Bless America!

ML/LTOS(El Kabong)

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